Behind the scenes video from the promo photoshoot for the new album:
New Deep Purple single is out on March 29 in two physical formats:
7” coloured vinyl — 1000 numbered units worldwide
side a) Hell to Pay (radio edit)
side b) All the Time in the World (alternative mix – radio edit)
CD single digipak — 2000 units worldwide
1) All the Time in the World (alternative mix – radio edit)
2) Hell to Pay (radio edit)
3) Perfect Strangers (live)
4) Rapture of the Deep (live)
Timing:
All the Time in the World (Radio Mix Edit) 03:49
Hell to Pay (Radio Edit) 03:42
A shorter 3:35 edit was also produced for All the Time in the World. At this moment, it is not clear which one will be on the single.
Credits:
Don Airey, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Steve Morse, Bob Ezrin
(KT – Composer & original Songwriter)
Produced by Bob Ezrin
Mixed by Bob Ezrin and Justin Cortelyou, Anarchy Studios, Nashville, TN
Edit by Justin Cortelyou
Mastered by Eike Freese
Engineer: Justin Cortelyou
Assistant Engineer: Li Xiao Le
Tracking Room Assistant Engineers: Zach Allan & Jarad Clement
Rainbow Recorders Engineers: Rob Harris, Mike Airey & Nathan Sage
Recorded at: The Tracking Room, Nashville, TN, Anarchy Studios, Nashville, TN, Additional Keyboards recorded at Rainbow Recorders
Metal Shrine has a very interesting interview with David Coverdale. He talks about his plans for the current year, Whitesnake’s upcoming live albums Made in Japan and Made in Britain, embracing the Internet age, possibility of collaborations with Glenn Hughes and Bernie Marsden, his touring schedule, personal losses, patching things up with Blackmore, and being an international operator.
When conversation steered towards expanded releases of the old material, David said:
“Northwinds” was rereleased in 2000 with two bonus tracks.
David Coverdale: Yeah, I had nothing to do with that. When you find out years later that your contract deny you any artistic involvement after you´ve written and recorded those songs, and the songs are precious to you like children… that applies by the way, to all Deep Purple. We have absolutely no say. It´s astonishing for a band of that power and contractually it was so castrated by the dinosaur elements of contracts in those days. Very disagreeable and of course still in play. Of the current Purple I believe several members tried to change this several years ago and lost in the British courts. I couldn´t stand what they did to “Burn” and “Stormbringer” and it was very disappointing to me and I have no involvement, so I won´t promote those things. Kevin Shirley was very respectful to me. He did “Come taste the band” and did a masterly job on it and I´d love if he did the “Burn” and “Stormbringer” records, but I have no say in that. I just collect my royalties. One of the things that I fully embrace is the freedom and the liberation that I have in my career now.
Update (Mar 26): it appears that the recording has been removed from the radio station’s website.
Argentinian radio station Vorterix has broadcasted a 13 minute preview of Now what?! with a lot more music than what we have been exposed before. You have to mentally tune out the DJs babbling all over the music, but you do get to hear more of the album.
Timing of the tracks in the clip:
0:53 – 3:52 — A Simple Song
3:59 – 6:00 — Weirdistan
6:06 – 8:25 — Out Of Hand
8:30 – end — Hell To Pay (album version)
Edel/earMUSIC has made available a second preview clip from Now What?! — Hell to Pay. Well, sort of “available”. They really screwed the pooch on this one as the video is actually not available in many countries, including such major Purple markets as UK, Germany and Canada.
Go try your luck, or if it doesn’t work try one of the proxies in other countries.
Jens Johansson and Timo Kotipelto of Finnish/Swedish metal band Stratovarius provide us with the first (to our knowledge) public review of Now what?! Que lots of Nordic restraint. Continue Reading »
Some time in late May / early June 2011 Ian Gillan spoke to the Queen’s Park Rangers fan club, as he is an avid supporter of QPR himself for many years. he shared bits of anecdotage about his decision to say ‘yes’ to Purple reunion in 1984 (and how QPR was involved), and we also learn which team Don Airey is supporting.
Listen to the conversation on QPRnet (flash required).
Don Airey spoke to AsiaOne before the Singapore gig earlier this month and when the topic of conversation turned to the Rock’n’Roll HoF, shared this:
Newman’s fantastic but he’s not really a rock act, is he? Neither is Donna Summer, although she made one of the greatest records I’ve ever heard. If you’re going to have a Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, let’s have some rock and rollers in there.
There was a kind of ripple of excitement, like ‘Oh, we’ve been nominated!’. Then Ian [Gillan] said, ‘Don’t worry, we won’t get in’.
He also revealed that Uncommon Man from NowWhat?! will be a tribute to Jon Lord:
The awful news came through that Jon had passed away and we went in and recorded an improvised introduction to this number. It was really about Jon and it is quite moving, I must say.
He was always friendly to me, especially when I joined the band. He was a lovely man, Jon, and he’s greatly missed by everyone.
American cable channel VH1 Classic will feature Deep Purple in one of the upcoming episodes of the Behind The Music Remastered shows. The episode is scheduled for broadcast on April 27th at 9 PM ET/PT.
The blurb:
Deep Purple were true rock n’ roll: outrageous, bold, daring. Despite their limited success with the American mainstream, Deep Purple fans define the band as being one of the most important rock groups in music. They join Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin in being one of the pioneers of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, and their memorable riffs and classic songs are still in the hearts of metal fans today. Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, band members Richie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Steve Morse, Glenn Hughes, and many more lend their voice to tell the story of this epic rock band.
Now what?! promotional campaign is upon us and Big Ian spoke to Noisecreep. He talked about Bob Ezrin, garage bands, Cliff Bennett, Rock’n’Roll HoF, congregational euphoria, and his most memorable show.
Bob Ezrin, huh? Not too shabby.
Between you and me [laughs], because this is just like us sitting in a bar or something, the one weakness that Purple always had, to me, was the sound of the records. Generally, I’ve always been slightly disappointed in sound and this new album wipes away everything we’ve ever done ever. I’m thrilled and delighted with what Bob was able to do. The first monitor mixes I ever heard from these sessions I just sat back and said ‘oh my God, what he has done it’s perfect.’ Everything was so clearly defined from the guitars to the Hammond organ. The definition is just remarkable. We always had a sort of delightful sound, don’t get me wrong. But I felt we were always kind of lacking a power thing that we finally have now.
The above track list will be featured on regular CD. Additional editions include:
Limited edition with a bonus track and a bonus DVD featuring Deep Purple in conversation plus additional audio material. This edition will be available in a Digipak with a cut out front cover.
Double vinyl LP containing 11 tracks as above plus bonus track, as in the limited edition CD.
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